Understanding how perceptual and conceptual representations are connected is a
fundamental goal of cognitive science. Here, we focus on a broad conceptual distinction that …

Observers viewed upright and inverted versions of figure–ground stimuli, in which Gestalt
variables specified that the center was figure. In upright versions, the surround was high in …

There are many possible 2D views of a given 3D object and most people would agree that
some views are more aesthetic and/or more “informative” than others. Thus, it would be very …

Originally published in 1988 Applied Cognitive Psychology draws on the psychology of
perception, attention, and cognition to give an understanding of some everyday activities …

This paper is a study of techniques for measuring and predicting visual fidelity. As visual
stimuli we use polygonal models, and vary their fidelity with two different model simplification …

Five experiments were conducted to examine whether varying certain perceptual attributes
of study and test items influences priming on pictorial tasks. Priming was found to be specific …

A basic problem of visual perception is how human beings recognize objects after spatial
transformations. Three central classes of findings have to be accounted for:(a) Recognition …

Originally published in 1987, this book, attempted to bring together work by researchers
concerned with the functional and neurological mechanisms underlying visual object …

We report three experiments where the categorical perception of familiar, three-dimensional
objects was investigated. A continuum of shape change between 15 pairs of objects was …